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I don't think I've ever come across a story where a laptop stolen from a car turns out to be protected according to HIPAA standards. Well, there's always a first time for everything: according to thestate.com , laptop encryption was used on...

The LA Times writes that a data breach at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center is larger than previously reported. According to latimes.com , a stolen computer that was not protected with medical laptop encryption software contained information on more than 33...

Generally, when an entity experiences a data breach (say, a laptop theft), it concludes the thieves were not after the data on the device, proclaiming with alacrity that they suspect the hardware was the objective of the theft, that the laptop will be...

According to csoonline.com , Watermark Retirement Communities announced a HIPAA data breach just prior to the three-day weekend. The cause of the breach? A laptop computer that was stolen from an employee's car. Of course, this wouldn't really...

According to milforddailynews.com , 3000 students who receive Medicaid reimbursements had their personal information compromised. The data breach occurred when a laptop belonging to Multi-State Billing Services was stolen from an employee's vehicle...

While I don't mean to pick on Colorado Neurodiagnostics, a Colorado company that recently experienced a patient data breach, the short article announcing the loss of their computer with medical data illustrates how one can conclude that HIPAA laptop...